Tag: Abraham Lincoln
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When I am getting ready to reason with a man, I spend one-third of my time thinking about myself and what I am going to say and two-thirds about him and what he is going to say.
Abraham Lincoln
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The ballot is stronger than the bullet.
Abraham Lincoln
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Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other.
Abraham Lincoln
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Let the people on both sides keep their self-possession, and just as other clouds have cleared away in due time, so will this, and this great nation shall continue to prosper as before.
Abraham Lincoln
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My parents were both born in Virginia, of undistinguished families – second families, perhaps I should say.
Abraham Lincoln
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There may sometimes be ungenerous attempts to keep a young man down; and they will succeed, too, if he allows his mind to be diverted from its true channel to brood over the attempted injury.
Abraham Lincoln
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Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.
Abraham Lincoln
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Oh, yes; you Virginians shed barrels of perspiration while standing off at a distance and superintending the work your slaves do for you. It is different with us. Here it is every fellow for himself, or he doesn’t get there.
Abraham Lincoln
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I think that slavery is wrong, morally, socially and politically. I desire that it should be no further spread in these United States, and I should not object if it should gradually terminate in the whole Union.
Abraham Lincoln
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I am a slow walker, but I never walk back.
Abraham Lincoln